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OPTIONAL ‘one NO. Ww mag 942 GSA Fram (41 crn 10t—11.6 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum tT. PB. Callahan . 3. Adams Assoc. Dir, Dep. AD i Dap. AD Ine! Acat. Die.: Admin. —___. Comp. Syat. — ee de 1? Ext. Affairs To : Mr. W. R. Wannall Win DATE: 12/22/75 Files & Com. - y . Ident. ‘ . 1 tn, FROM : G d 1 Wad aad ¢ Loberatory __ SUBJECT: CeaPBoMB Spec. Inv. Training a i Rm. _ BAPBOMB is the code word for the investigation of ~~~ the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church, Birmingham, Alabama, 9/16/63, which resulted in the deaths of four Negro girls, injuries to sixteen other persons and extensive property damage. Purpose of this memorandum is to advise of receipt of a request from the Mayor of Birmingham to review FBI files regarding above case, regarding any other race-related bombings which occurred in Birmingham during the period 1961-63 and concerning the beating of Freedom Riders at the Trailways Bus Station, Birmingham, on 5/14/61. ky letter dated 12/15/75, received by our Birmingham Office on 12/17/75, Birmingham Mayor David Vann requested that he be allowed to see FBI files regarding captioned case and #4 any other “race~related bombings" in Birmingham during the | period 1961-63. Birmingham teletype dated 12/17/75, advising of receipt of request, also advised efforts were being made to contact Mayor Vann for clarification of his request. A second letter dated 12/17/75, was received by Birmingham from Mayor Vann in which he requested that he also be allowed to see FBI files on the beating of the Freedom Riders on 5/14/61, at the Trailways Bus Station, Birmingham. SAC, Birmingham contacted Mayor Vann on 12/18/75, at which time Vann advised that the appearance of Gary Thomas Rowe before a U. S. Congressional committee (apparently referring yto the testimony of former FBI Klan informant Gary Thomas Rowe, Jr. before the U. S. Senate Select Committee on Intel- ligence Activities, on 12/2/75) caused the Freedom Riders . incident to become the subject of discussion by the Birmingham City Council. As a result Vann had the Birmingham Police Department review its records concerning incidents of such nature during the early 1960's. After receiving the results of the review, he felt that examination of FBI files on the Freedom Riders case and captioned case would provide hin PR 157-1025 eee IE). JEPE Jf) 49-1684 ec 1 - 149-168 [e2y7s rEC 60 — Buy U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings "Plan ere w% } af q7 OFC 30 1975 {.